Monday, January 24, 2011

Cookie Tulips with a Strawberry Cream

The thing that I love the most about this dessert is that they look fancy and way hard to make, when really they are so easy you wouldn't believe it!  And your family will be so impressed! Oh and they taste pretty darn good too.

Recipe:
Cookie:
1/4 cup Butter (softened)
1/2 cup granulated Sugar
7 Tbsp. Flour
1 tsp. Vanilla
2 egg Whites


Preheat oven to *350.  Beat together butter and sugar till smooth. Then mix in flour, vanilla, and egg whites till everything is completely combined.  Place either a piece of parchment paper or a silicone baking sheet liner down on a cookie sheet. (If you don't have either, grease your cookie sheet and watch the cookies carefully while baking) Next, take about 2-3Tbsp batter and place on cookie sheet and spread in a circle till about 7" round. (They look super thin but that's how they are supposed to be) Bake cookies for 7-9 minutes, watching closely as they cook.  Once they come out of the oven, immediately take a spatula and drape the cookie over top of a clean, lightly greased 2 inch glass. Once completely cooled (about 5-10 minutes) spoon about 3-4 Tbsp. strawberry cream filling into center of cookie. Top with a fresh Strawberry. (The cookies will last 2-3 days in an air tight container)

Strawberry Cream:
4 oz cream cheese (softened)
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. Vanilla
4 oz cool whip (half of a small container)
5 large Strawberries (smashed)

Soften cream cheese in microwave (about 30 seconds). Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar till smooth. Add in vanilla and strawberries. Mix until well combined. Lastly, fold in cool whip. Store in refridgerator till ready to serve.

11 comments:

  1. Holy Cow! These are so beautiful and wonderful! I'm trying to plan a really fancy Valentines Day dinner and these would be perfect :)

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  2. I found your blog from the Tasty Kitchen site...love it! Everything looks yummy! :)
    Layne

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  3. They look so elegant noone would believe that they are so easy to make!

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  4. These look so good, what a treat. For sure would be really nice for Valentine's Day, presentation, yum!

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  5. Never knew these would be so easy to make! Will surely give it a try. Thanks for the recipe!:)

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  6. Looks so beautiful... like something you could only have at posh restaurant!

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  7. Lovely looking and so delicate, too. The cookie tulips are such a great idea, because you can use them to hold all sorts of fillings -- pudding, lemon curd, even Greek yogurt and honey.

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  8. FUN! They don't sound to involved either.

    Thanks for adding to "Made it on Monday".

    I hope to see you stop by often :)

    http://larkscountryheart.blogspot.com/

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  9. Oh wow - I just love these! Genius!

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